Hey, this goes out to the most pacifistic person on this page. I was
wondering what you thought of such martial arts self-defense tactics, such
as Akido, that do not injure neither the opponent or yourself, and so the
argument goes, preventing him from sinning by harming you by restraining
him, just doing so without causing any permanent or violent injuries to
the person (pressure points would be one method).

-Dave

Isaiah writes about the
Messiah as being "The Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). Jesus calls upon all
believers to become peacemakers, and says, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they shall be called sons [children] of God" (Matthew 5:9). Paul writes,
"For the anxious longings of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the
sons [children] of God" (Romans 8:19).